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Brigham Young (film)
1940
- 1940 · Biography · 1h 54m
Brigham Young (also known as Brigham Young – Frontiersman) is a 1940 American biographical western film starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Dean Jagger that describes Young's succession to the presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after founder Joseph Smith was assassinated in 1844.
- $2.5 million
- Alfred Newman
- 20th Century Fox
- Kenneth Macgowan (associate producer)
Brigham Young: Directed by Henry Hathaway. With Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy. In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
- (1.1K)
- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Henry Hathaway
- 1940-09-27
The leader of the Mormons, Joseph Smith, is killed for speaking on behalf of his religion. The successor, Brigham Young, elects to move the Mormons to California where many...
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- Henry Hathaway
- Biography
- Tyrone Power
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Mar 16, 1995 · Though considered by the motion picture industry to be a financial flop in 1940, the 20th Century Fox film "Brigham Young" was a huge hit in Salt Lake City and environs. And for the past 15 years locally it has been the single most-often-requested movie never released on video.
Oct 16, 2023 · Brigham Young: Frontiersman (1940) - Hollywood's Mormon Epic - The Everyday Cinephile. October 16, 2023 Shawn Hall 6 Comments. When plucked by Daryl F. Zanuck from Paramount to helm the production of 1940’s Brigham Young, director Henry Hathaway initially told Zanuck that “the two dullest things are wagon trains and religion”.
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
"Brigham Young" features a stellar cast that includes leading Fox star Tyrone Power, and Linda Darnell as the romantic interest. Vincent Price, in one of his early film roles, appears as Joseph Smith.